I am a Devils fan (season ticket holder) and I plan on attending every game this upcoming year, as I have for the past 4 years, in Newark - and I go to the local bars and restaurants after the game, and *GASP* I walk to my car (which is not in a protected lot), and so far *knock wood*, nobody's has gotten to me...and there is NO police presence when I leave. I'm a grown up and I know to 'cross on the green/not in between' and I use my blinker when driving, and I don't make myself a victim... Do I want to see less of a police presence...if it's going to affect ANYBODYs safety, then NO...but just having a cop standing in the middle of Broad and Lafayette directing traffic really doesn't help me feel safer. As for Mr. Vanderbeek not holding up his end of the bargain... since the arena has been in Newark, over 8 million NEW visitors have been to the area - there are numerous new (and wonderful) bars and restaurants going up around the arena (go to the Verizon Center in Washington DC - hopefully that's a sign of things coming to Newark) - and someone bashed Mr. Booker for not creating jobs for the unemployed - how about patting Mr. Vanderbeek on the back for creating upwards of 1000 new jobs??? (look how many people are employed by the arena alone!!! Let alone, the workers around the arena, the venues around the arena, the transportation around the arena, etc) - Mr. Booker, stop with the sour grapes, let the legal team do their jobs, stop bashing the Devils/Prudential Center/Mr. Vanderbeek, and stop hurting the fans and the prospective Newark customers - you're making a very bad name for what could be a thriving - functioning - city. Focus on the REAL crime in your city - do what you have to to clean it up, but stop the whining!

doctorphil1 - I started agreeing with your earlier comments, but I noticed that you keep harping on Newark being "your neighborhood" - and you claim that you have 'no choice' but to walk your streets...blahblahblah....just as we Devils fans can stay home and watch the games, and never leave our safe little home-bubbles, you can move. I'm sure there is some safe neighborhood, where a local constable patrols daily, and you can walk YOUR neighborhood at night. just MOVE if you're so threatened and disgusted with your neighborhood, police force, and the 9 bodyguards for Mr. Booker.

I couldn't watch it all the way through - very moving - and GuyFawkesNJ stated it perfectly - brought me back to a time much less complicated... And apparently, Budweiser only aired this two times so as not to profit off of it, but to show their heart-felt thanks to those brave men and women and the US, who were attacked by the non-American pieces of garbage. I applaud Budweiser on a 'job well done' :)

In response to NJCUPS - my husband and I (both caucasian, and in our Devils jerserys), will leave the game, around 9:30 PM, wander over to Brick City Bar for a beer or 2 (more, if it's a weekend game - we get to play later on the weekends!!), and then walk to our parking lot, 2 blocks behind the Prudential Center... YES, folks - 2 white people (not large people, either!) in NJ Devils hockey jersey, *gasp* -walking the darkened, unprotected streets of Newark after hours!!! What are we thinking - maybe we should just stick to the upper-crust neighborhoods of Franklin Lakes and Upper Saddle River, where the "real people" hang out....NOT!!! Geez people - open your minds - if you don't, you'd never make it the real world!!

To the ill-informed, non-Newark travelers - stop listening to the media and educate yourselves! Yes, there are a ton of shooting and robberies in Newark, just about on a daily basis...but if you travel outside of your protective bubble, into Newark - where all these little mom and pop shops are opening up, around the arena, you'll see an entirely different world then what is portrayed on the news and reality TV. Those areas are by Rt. 78 and the airport - another world away from the Prudential Center. And not sure what you're talking about, doctorphil1 - yes, there are empty buildings around the arena, but lately, those buildings are being gutted and refurbished into restaurants, coffee shops, bars, and stores...so, leave your pampered lifestyle behind, with your silver spoon, and venture into the unknown areas of great cuisine, even better service, and an experience which will broaden your narrow horizons ... :) LET'S GO DEVILS!!